Hitachi plans to strengthen "big data" business in domestic and foreign markets

According to Kyodo News June 6, the Hitachi Production Institute said 6th that it would strengthen the "big data" business, including overseas markets, and strive to achieve sales of 150 billion yen by 2015 (about 9.3 billion yuan). Hitachi will analyze the "big Data", which includes a huge amount of information gathered by the It collection of car travel records and retail purchases.

Hitachi plans to strengthen "big data" business in domestic and foreign markets

The business's headquarters, Hitachi Innovation Analysis Global Center, was set up on 1st with an initial staff of 300, and plans to increase to 500 by the end of 2015.

Hitachi will accept about 100 projects at home and abroad in 2013. In the UK, new health management services are being prepared to develop and analyze medical information such as patient data. For mines in Australia and South America, plans are made to build systems that analyze and maintain data and resource price trends and improve site efficiency.

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